Baking-pan.



-.E. KATZINGER.

BAKING PAN. APPLICATIONHLED FEB-231N315.

496 Patented Oct. 10,1916.

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EDWARD KATZINGER, 0F CHIGAGQ, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, T0 EDWARD KATZINGER GOMPANY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CQBZPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented one. so, 1916.,

Y '0 all whom it may concern Be known. that I, Enwano Ka'rzminnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baking-Pans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to baking pan constructions and has for its object the provision of means for maintaining the upper adjacent edges or rims of the pansin a connected series of baking pans rigidly in fixed relations. v

A further object is the provision of a simple, strong and efficient baking pan construction.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in substantially the combinations and arrangement of? parts hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying dra ing forminga part Of BhIS specification and more specifically srt iorth in the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is, a perspective view of a connected series of baking pans equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 1s an enlarged section taken through the spacing member and portions of the pan; and Fig.

3 is a similar view showing the spacing member applied in a slightly different manner.

In baking pan constructions, it IS the usual custom to secure a number of pans in a connected series in order to enable the operator to handle a number of pans more quickly and conveniently. In securing the baking pans together, it is necessary to space them slightly apart in order to permit heat to pass between the pans to insure even baking of material in the pans. In use, the adj acent portions of the rims of the pans oi'ten get bent, either toward or away irom each other, causing the loaves of material to he of unequal sizes, and sometimes intcrtermgz with the circulation of heat bet'wceu the pans in the baking process.

My invention consists in providing one or more spacing members for the adjacent upper edges-or rims of the pans in order to maintain such rims in fixed relations.

In the drawing, l have shown two pans 4 and 5 having straps T disposed across their ends and connected thereto by means of rivets 8. I have shown only two connected pans, but it is to be understood that my invention is equally applicable to a connected series of any desired number of individual pans. The form of the pans and the means for connecting their end portions may be varied" to suit particular requirements or in any desirable manner.

' My invention consists in providing and securing the member 9 in such a manner that it will rigidly space the adjacent edges or rim portions 6 of pans l and 5 to prevent them from being moved toward or away from each other. 'I he provision of this means insures that a fixed space between the pans will always be maintained. In making pans in comparatively long lengths, it is often desirable to place a number of the members 9 between adjacent edges of the pans in order to maintain the latter in fixed relation throughout their lengths. When a number of members 9 are'used, these memhers are alike in construction and the mannor in which they operate, so that by showing the application of one of these members, it will be evident to one skilled in the art how any number may be used as desired and to suit diil'erent requirements.

The member 9 is prefwably a piece of sheetmetal rebent as at lO-near its ends, with the end portions'll followingaround and clamping the wired rims or edges 6 of the pans land 5. By the term rebent I mean that the end portions 11 are bent back upon the centralportion of member 9 for a short distance before diverging therefrom to pass around the rims 6. The end ortious 11 each follow around one of the wired rims (3 a distance greater than one half the distance around said rim in order to clamp said end portion on said rim and prevent removal thereof. From this construction then, it-will be St en that the end portions 11' are rigidly secured to the rims 6 and even though the pans receive rough usage, their adjacent edge portions 6 will always be maintained in fixed relation. The members 9 may be made of any suitable material and are preferably of a sheet metal construction heavier than the metal of the pans and of sufiicient rigidity" to prevent the removal of the end portions 11 from the rims 6.

While I have illustrated and described the preferrediorm of construction of. my inmyself of such vei'iations and changes as come within the scope of the appended claims. 9 *WhatI claim is: Y

1; An article of mannfact ure consisting of i a pan brace narrow inwidth andlmvmg.

each end portion" bent back upon the central portion thereof, cnrved and extending through more than a half circle, said-curved end portions being adapted to be clamped onthe edgesof adjacent runs of intei'sticed pans intermediate the en ls. of the latter for holding the pan rims in spaced relation P without materially closing the space between 15 the-pans. I, J

pen brace comprising a narrow, Stlff piece of metal having its end portions bent backiipon its eentral portion with said one name to this specification, in the presence of r on this 6th day two subscribing witnesses, of February A. D. 1915.

Witnesses; I n

THOMAS COLSON, ARTHUR L. SPRINKLE.

portions curved through more than half I circles and disposed with their concave sur faces facing away from each other forming EDWARD KATZINGER. 

